Talk:Michael Baisden

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It is a significant point to expand upon within the article "Michael Baisden", that both Michael Baisden's books The Maintenance Man and Men Cry in the Dark were adapted into successful stage plays that toured the country in 2001 and 2002. Revmayaavent 23:35, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Reads like advertising copy

This is not very informational. Consider phrases such as: "And sure enough, within six months...” 71.246.118.66 (talk) 02:16, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for noticing, it is cleaned now. Feel free to rewrite or remove any such instances you may find around the encyclopedia. FiveColourMap (talk) 12:19, 1 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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